Fyodor Kuznetsov

Fyodor Isidorovich Kuznetsov (29 September 1898-22 March 1961) was the commander of the Northwestern Front of the Soviet Union from 22 June to August 1941 during World War II.

Biography
Fyodor Isidorovich Kuznetsov was born on 29 September 1898 in Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Belarus). He served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, and during the Russian Civil War he fought alongside the Red Army. In 1941 he was appointed the commander of the Northwestern Front, and he was defeated in the Baltic Operation of 22 June-9 July by Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb's Army Group North. On 12 August 1941 he was given command of the Soviet 51st Army, and from July to August he led the Central Front. Kuznetsov served as deputy commander of the Volkhov Front and Karelian Front from August 1943 to February 1944, and from 1945 to 1948 he led the Ural Military District after the end of World War II. He died in 1961 of illness at the age of 63.